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  2. Kererū - Wikipedia

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    English ornithologist John Latham wrote about the kererū in his A General Synopsis of Birds in 1783 but did not give it a scientific name. [2] German naturalist Johann Friedrich Gmelin gave it its first formal description in 1789, placing it in genus Columba as C. novaeseelandiae, [3] with Latham naming it Columba zealandica in his 1790 Index Ornithologicus. [4]

  3. Tattoo - Wikipedia

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    The word tattoo, or tattow in the 18th century, is a loanword from the Samoan word tatau, meaning "to strike", [2] [3] from Proto-Oceanic *sau₃ referring to a wingbone from a flying fox used as an instrument for the tattooing process. [4]

  4. Category:Heraldic birds - Wikipedia

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  5. What Is the Spiritual Meaning of Seeing a Bald Eagle? - AOL

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    “A flying eagle may be showing you that it’s time to rise to a higher perspective, to get beyond your own limited beliefs and thoughts and consider the issue at hand from other points of view ...

  6. If You See a Hawk, Here's the True, Unexpected ... - AOL

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    As Wilson notes, smaller birds will attack and annoy red-tails, representing outside forces trying to hamper our ability to take flight. But the red-tail's signature crimson tail feathers help ...

  7. Glossary of bird terms - Wikipedia

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    Bird ringing is the term used in the UK and in some other parts of Europe, while the term bird banding is more often used in the U.S. and Australia. [49] bird strike The impact of a bird or birds with an airplane in flight. [50] body down The layer of small, fluffy down feathers that lie underneath the outer contour feathers on a bird's body. [51]

  8. Cranes in Chinese mythology - Wikipedia

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    The crane is the second most important bird after the fenghuang, the symbol of the empress, in China. [ 4 ] : 108 The motifs of cranes may vary in a range from reference to real cranes (such as the red-crowned crane ) referring to transformed Taoist immortals ( xian ) , who sometimes were said to have magical abilities to transform into cranes ...

  9. Garuda - Wikipedia

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    These beings are winged, have big teeth, and huge talons that can carry six men. They look like eagles when flying in the sky but transform into humans when in their lairs. [49] Artifacts from the Tabon Caves in the island of Palawan, is an image of Garuda, the bird who is the mount of Vishnu. The discovery of sophisticated Hindu imagery in gold.